Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility

Article originally published in Common Dreams by the Center for Climate Integrity on March 13th, 2025

Advocates Warn that Big Oil Companies Could Revive Efforts to Escape Legal Accountability Under the Trump Administration

We are thrilled to announce that we have an incredible new team member joining Oregon PSR. Matthew Moran (he/him) is our new Membership and Peace & Justice Program Manager. Matthew is bringing an array of experience to our organization and we can’t wait to see all he will do to grow the impact of our organization, build our membership and strengthen our Peace & Justice program. 

Article originally posted in High Country News on March 1, 2025. Written by Amal Ahmmed.

On January 7th, 2025 the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) caved to pressure and granted NXT "Clean" Fuels a water quality certification to expand their dirty diesel infrastructure to the Columbia River Estuary. With this certification DEQ and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek are allowing NXT to build a nonconventional diesel and aviation fuel refinery near Clatskine. Oregon PSR along with many close partners have been advocating against this project due to the massive dangers it poses to human and environmental health. 

Oregon PSR Board Member Andy Harris, MD was recently published in the Willamette Week! His letter to the editor "No Nukes is Good Nukes" was featured in the February 5th, 2025 edition of the newspaper.

On Sunday, January 26, IPPNW, ICAN, and Pugwash hosted a webinar, “Autonomous Armageddon: Nuclear Weapons and AI“, to explore the alarming dangers posed by the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into nuclear weapons systems. Watch the recording using this link.

Original photo by Mark Graves/Oregonian

Dear Oregon PSR Community, 

This post-election period is a challenging time for many, filling us with grief and anxiety for what our future holds. Today, we reach out to validate this collective despair, a numbing shock resulting from the national election results. We encourage you to breathe  - and to nourish yourself and each other. Then, once again, we will find ourselves in a place that calls us to act and organize as a community against weaponized fear, violent prejudice, vast income inequality, and alienation.